Lindsey Backman: Biochemist, mentor, and advocate
The PhD candidate studies the human microbiome and its proteins, while also championing the Latinx community on MIT’s campus.
Study: Global cancer risk from burning organic matter comes from unregulated chemicals
The researchers hope scientists and regulators will consider a broader class of compounds in evaluating cancer risk due to PAH exposure.
Chemical engineering meets cancer immunotherapy
Sachin Bhagchandani wins NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition (F99/K00) Award.
MIT welcomes nine MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars for 2021-22
Record number of honorees will engage in the life of the Institute through teaching, research, and other interactions with the MIT community.
Making catalytic surfaces more active to help decarbonize fuels and chemicals
A new approach increases the efficiency of chemical reactions that are key to many industrial processes.
Using adversarial attacks to refine molecular energy predictions
MIT researchers find a new way to quantify the uncertainty in molecular energies predicted by neural networks.
School of Science welcomes new faculty
Twelve professors begin in the departments of Biology; Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Chemistry; Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; Mathematics; and Physics.
Climate and sustainability classes expand at MIT
MIT offers over 120 undergraduate classes related to sustainability, a sign of growing student and faculty interest in the environmental impacts of their fields.
Energy storage from a chemistry perspective
Eli Paster SM ’10, PhD '14 is the CEO of PolyJoule, a startup working to reinvent energy storage technology to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
Chemistry Undergraduate Teaching Lab hibernates fume hoods, drastically reducing energy costs
Putting 58 fume hoods to sleep while unused results in substantial energy savings.
Machine learning discovers new sequences to boost drug delivery
MIT researchers employ machine learning to find powerful peptides that could improve a gene therapy drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Gerald Wogan, professor emeritus of biological engineering, chemistry, and toxicology, dies at 91
Pioneering scientist isolated, characterized, and established the mechanisms of many environmental toxins relevant to public health.
Five MIT School of Science professors receive tenure for 2021
Professors earn tenure in the departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, and Physics.
Software to accelerate R&D
The alumni-founded startup Uncountable has developed a digital workbook to help scientists get more out of experimental data.
Ultralight material withstands supersonic microparticle impacts
The new carbon-based material could be a basis for lighter, tougher alternatives to Kevlar and steel.